Sunday, July 31, 2011

Hunt's new hiding place


I couldn't find Hunt the other morning. This is where I found him! Inside Maggie's kitchen! Now he gets in there at least once a day. And I still laugh every time he does it. He crawls in and shuts the door and sits there for a second. He then swings it open and screams! Precious!

Thursday, July 28, 2011

He loves yogurt! Can you tell?


I feel like sometimes I am raising Maggie all over again with this little one! Another strong-willed child!! He won't let ANYONE feed him. He wants to do it "all by himself!" So, during snack time...he fed himself yogurt. Doesn't he look like he enjoyed it? It was messy but way too cute not to take a picture!

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Hilton Head


This is Hunt's face when he is mad! I caught it right in time!




I could go on and on about how much fun we had! It was very busy but so much fun! All 3 of them could have stayed on the beach until sunset if we would have let them! We did a lot more playing in the ocean than we did building sandcastles. Tyner had a lot of fun riding his boogie board. Maggie was right there with him! Are you surprised?!! And Hunt!...whoa...we couldn't take our eyes off of him because he would run straight for the water and never stop! We cooked some delicious fish the first 2 nights and then found 2 great restaurants the last 2 nights. We took time to ride around the island. We are excited about this new beach we have found and look forward to going back! It is such a blessing to be able to get away and enjoy watching the kids have so much fun! I am very thankful!

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Sewing like crazy!!!!! and loving every minute of it!!

I made her this eyelet lace dress as a swimsuit cover up. But it is cute as a dress as well.
She is ready for the holidays!
Maggie's first halter top
I had this cut out for a while and finally finished it when we got up here. This is one of my favorites. And the little boy that wears it is pretty cute, too!

Mama, I thought you would enjoy seeing what I have been doing during nap time for the last month. It is SO fun having time to sew again! I finished the knit leggings I was telling you about and will post a picture of those, too. Well, I have to go now because Hunt just woke up and he is standing in his bed screaming"MAMA, MAMA, MAMA"...do you remember that sound? haha!!

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

My Big Boy!


My left-handed/right handed little boy...He can't decide what he is going to do. I was sitting with him this morning while he was eating and couldn't resist taking some pictures of him. He is just so stinking cute!! Ohhhh but he is so unbelievably strong-willed. Do I still get to feed my precious little boy? Absolutely not!! He won't even let his sister feed him anymore! but..oh well...he sure melts my heart!

Monday, July 18, 2011

Sweet memories to cherish and save!

This brings tears to my eyes. I have been working my tail off in my sewing/computer room the last few days trying to get all my pictures uploaded and my website off and running. Still have more work to do on the website(actually Hunter does:-)..) but I published my facebook page. Yeah!!

Anywhooo, the kids have been doing an incredible job of "using their imagination"-a phrase i use quite frequently around here- and entertaining each other. It is really weird getting to this stage with the kids where they can play by themselves, and I don't have to sit in the room with them. and as for Hunt...the older two watch after him! N-I-C-E!!

Well, the point of all my rambling...Tyner made this note for Hunter(with no prompts from me at all!) and taped it to his office door. He couldn't wait for his Daddy to get home to see it. It was so fun when Hunter walked in the door. He actually worked really late that night and I let the kids stay up and wait on him. Daddy walked in the door at 9:30. The minute he walked in they took him around the house and showed him all the pictures they had made for him. Oh it was precious!! I cherish these moments with my children!

Sunday, July 17, 2011

It all makes beautiful sense!


Oh Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the Earth!!
(This is what we got to look at all weekend while we were on two beautiful lakes)
"Someday, when we see the face of Jesus, we'll finally understand why things happened the way they did. And even more amazing, we'll agree that we would have done it the exact same way, so that He could bring us to the place we were supposed to be. Someday it will all make beautiful sense."
This is a quote that I saw on the facebook page of a friend of mine from Nashville. Our preacher at our old church in Nashville said this. When I read it I thought...wow! Our family has certainly been put to the test over the last several years. Our faith has been tested in many, many ways. But honestly...I would do it all over again! He put us through all that to bring us to the point where we are now! I am so content and so very, very thankful! Blessed! That is what I feel...very, very blessed! I feel like a lot of it makes beautiful sense! All the tears, heartache, pain...they were all worth it!

And I don't think I will EVER get tired of looking at these mountains. They are such a perfect reminder of how great our God is!

Roan Mountain


What I saw out my window the entire drive!

Playing at the Roan Mountain playground


Just another mountain! ha!
The "Babbling Brook" that Tyner spotted first. He said "look Mama it's a babbling brook!"
PIE...that's for you!!!!!

Roan Mountain is just another one of the wonderful mountains to hike, picnic, camp, play...I decided last minute that we were going to visit it. It is about a 45 minute drive from our house, but the drive is gorgeous! I kept saying to the kids, "y'all look at these beautiful mountains! We live here!" I think after the 15th time saying it they were like...yes, mom we know! ha! We got there right at lunch time. We had a picnic and the kids played on the playground. They have a wonderful pool with a fun slide. We enjoyed that too! I can't wait to go back with Hunter and hike it!

Saturday, July 9, 2011

The Track in Pigeon Forge


Daddy and Tyner

Mama and Tyner

Maggie was hilarious! She had her hands in the air almost the whole time!

Well, I can say we have been there and done that and we won't go back. It was fun while we were there and the kids enjoyed it! That was the purpose. So, mission accomplished! It is such a joy to see my kids having so much fun.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Hands On Museum

performing on the stage
shopping in the grocery store
playing in the tree house
There are so many fun things to do here! We are having a blast! The Hands On Museum is wonderful. It is downtown and such a fun and educational activity. It is a museum full of stuff for them to touch...read...play...spin...draw...slide...I could go on and on. Right up my ally!! We even went twice in one week! There is a stage where they can dress up and "perform." Guess who did that! imagine- our little performer!

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Jonesborough July 4th Festival


Indian Dance

Priceless!

Fun Kiddie Rides

After Maggie opened her birthday presents we all loaded up and headed to Jonesborough for their 4th of July festival. It began with watching Indians dance and looking inside a teepee. The kids loved it. The kids had fun riding rides, playing games and eating lots of junk food.

Maggie's Birthday


Riding the horse at Chuck 'E' Cheese

Pointing to her Dora birthday banner!


The birthday girl! I still can't believe she is 4!

My girly, girl had a great 4th birthday. Of course she woke up at 6 a.m. ready to begin her special day! We had lots of fun and ended it by going to Chuck 'E' Cheese. She was screaming the whole way there. Poppa and Susan joined us. We were so glad to have family there to celebrate with us. Hunt had as much fun as Tyner and Maggie did. We stayed for a good 2 hours. Needless to say everyone was exhausted by the time we left.